Operatives of Ogun Police Command have arrested three suspected land grabbers at Itusokun quarter in Odogbolu, Odogbolu Local Government Area of the state.
The suspects were arrested, following a report lodged at Odogbolu divisional headquarters by one Kemi Olukoya.
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The complainant told the police that she was at her new site supervising construction workers, when a group of boys numbering about eight invaded the site, and started shooting sporadically and chased the workers out of the site.
According to her, the hoodlums also snatched her bag containing a sum of N500,000 and her handsets valued N40,000 at gunpoint.
The Spokesman of the Police Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, told newsmen on Sunday in Abeokuta that following receipt of the report, the DPO of Odogbolu division, SP Adeniyi Awokunle, mobilised his men, and moved to the scene.
Oyeyemi said, on getting to the scene, the hoodlums were seen escaping through the nearby bush, but they were chased.
He said one of them, Wasiu Adenuga, was subsequently apprehended.
According to him, when the operatives combed the bush, two others namely; Michael John and Moruf Alaba were arrested.
He said three Bajaj motorcycle they used for their operation were also impounded.
The Police Publicist quoted the Commissioner of Police, Edward Awolowo Ajogun, to have ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for a discreet investigation.
He added that the CP directed that the remaining members of the gang be arrested and brought to justice.
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